Little Lobo is eager to drive his new camión to the big celebration, taking with him piñatas, cakes, fireworks, presents, and a musical group called Ranita y sus Lily Pads. But in order to get there, he has to cross the bridge, which astute readers will realize is the bridge over the Río Grande that connects two border towns, Juárez and El Paso. During the hours-long wait on the bridge, Little Lobo remarks on all of the sights and sounds, and as night falls, when he realizes they aren’t going to make it in time for the celebration, they decide to have a celebration right there on the bridge. As with the author/illustrator’s previous books about Little Lobo, there is a lot to look at in the boldly colored illustrations, which are filled with humorous details. An endnote recalls the author’s childhood memories of frequently crossing the bridge, by car and on foot; his mother was born in Juárez and his father in El Paso, so they had family on both sides of the border.
(Ages 3-8)

Little Lobo and Bernabé are back in this joyful story about coming together and celebrating community, a lively follow-up to ¡Vamos! Let's Go Eat, by Pura Belpré Medal-winning illustrator Raúl the Third.

People are always crossing the bridge for work, to visit family, or for play. Some going this way; others going that way. Back and forth they go. With friends on foot and in bicycles, in cars and trucks, the bridge is an incredibly busy place with many different types of vehicles.

Little Lobo and his dog Bernabé have a new truck and they are using it to carry party supplies over the bridge with their pals El Toro and La Oink Oink. The line is long and everyone on the bridge is stuck. How will they pass the time? Eventually everyone comes together for an epic party on the bridge between two different countries. Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things That Go gets Mexican American makeover in this joyful story about coming together.